This form is our request under the current Fair Employment Legislation, to provide statistical information. This narrative explains why.

We are fair employers and do not discriminate on the grounds of religious belief, gender, marital status, nationality, ethnic origin, political opinion, race, sexual orientation, age or disability and we practice equality of opportunity in employment. Most of all we operate the merit principle in that we select the best person for the job, promotion or training opportunity. We wish to demonstrate our commitment to equality of opportunity in employment. To do so we need to comply with the Fair Employment (Northern Ireland) Act (and any other applicable legislation currently on statute), and in this regard we need to monitor the community background and other statistical data of our employees and job applicants.

We must therefore request your assistance in this vital matter, and have you completed the form below and return it in a separate sealed envelope to the Monitoring Officer, HR Department, at the Woodside Group.

The information that you have been asked to supply will be used in accordance with our Privacy Policy (available at www.woodsides.com/uploads/downloads/External%20Privacy%20Policy(3).pdf), treated in the strictest confidence and is protected from misuse. It will be used only for the purpose of monitoring our equality of opportunity in employment policy, and the data will be utilised in the annual and tri-annual Equality Commission reports.